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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.05.22 (03) [E/German]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Etymology
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> glyph was or was not involved. These predominantly pictographic glyps
> are the earliest known ancestors of the Chinese script, the so-called
> Oracle Bone Script (甲骨文 "shell bone writing"). We can trace this
> back to the Shang (商) or Yi (殷) dynasty (ca. 1600-1446 BCE), but it
> may be older than that. There are indications that this practice was

Ron,

Some breaking news that might interest you:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6669569.stm

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: History

Thanks a lot, Sandy.

I can't say that I'm hugely surprised.  The hitherto oldest known Oracle
Bone Script symbols are fairly standardized and also rather abstract.  This
suggests that we are dealing with a then already old tradition.

I would not be surprised either if there were scripts even before that. Much
depends on the durability of the writing surface. Even nowadays some people
still write on bamboo, wood, bark, cloth and even into sand, and our paper
ain't all that durable either, not to mention our electronic writing.

Reinhard/Ron
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